space environment (№ 354 ) 17.11.2021 (2021)

CPC, comprehensive exam training, comment by Alexander Misurkin.

Baikonur, the preparation of the Progress M-UM transport cargo ship, says Ruslan Abdulkhalikov, head of the design department of the space complexes of RSC Energia.

Cleaning the rover of the ExoMars-2022 mission before sending it to Mars, says Imant Vinogradov, head of the Laboratory of Experimental Spectroscopy of the ICI RAS.

New communication satellites "Express-AMU3" and "Express-AMU7" for Russian broadcasting.

Radiation shield for satellites.

One line:

- Financing of the Russian space industry;

- The Fregat upper stage for the Luna-25 interplanetary station has been delivered to Vostochny;

- Preparation for launch at the Guiana Space Center;

- Roscosmos, the UAE and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the development of the Baikonur modernization project;

- Trams of Ust-Katavsky Car Building Plant.

Chronograph: 25 years of the RD-180 engine.

Astrophotog of the week: the Julian Waterfall and the Milky Way; the northern lights of Rorschach; the phenomenon of the Cepheus halo - the "Ghost" and "Iris" nebulae.